Highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to stand trial in US
Judge rejects Suleiman Abu Ghaiths claim of mistaken identity
Amid unusually tight security, Osama bin Ladens son-in-law will go to trial on Monday, charged with conspiring to kill Americans in his role as al-Qaidas mouthpiece after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.
Spectators at the trial of Suleiman Abu Ghaith, the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to face trial on US soil since the attacks, will pass through a metal detector before entering a Manhattan courtroom where prosecutors will try to prove to an anonymous jury that the one-time terror-network spokesman tried to rally others to kill Americans.
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